Find Places To Visit In The North

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

A monument built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and also celebrate William Wouldhave and Henry Greathead, two of the people credited with the design of the first self-righting lifeboat.

A six storey lookout tower used to assist gun turrets in both World War 1 and 2.

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

12th century abbey dedicated to St Andrew, in the heart of Hexham.

Remains of the Roman Bridge across the River Tyne that led to the Roman Town.

The most photographed location in the Lake District. An 18th century Packhorse Bridge.

A Coxswain Statue by Ray Lonsdale is a tribute to the RNLI and the 9 lives lost on the Lifeboat 'The George Elmy'.

Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

Situated in Holburn, St Cuthbert either lived in this cave as a hermit or his body was laid to rest here by monks escpaing from the vikings!

Small National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

A trail of 12 bird related art exhibits dotted around the town of Amble. Find their exact whereabouts with our handy map and exact locations.

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

The first five sailed smock style windmill in Britain and the only remaining one in the North East.

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

A water tower sitting next to the kitchen garden of Alnwick Gardens.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

Two waterfalls on the River Tees within the North Pennine AONB.

A beautiful ruined abbey on the estate of Jervaulx Hall was the original home of Wensleydale cheese.

A riverside walk along the River Blyth, accessed on either side by stepping stones.

Said to be the location where St Cuthbert agreed to become Bishop of Lindisfarne when petitioned by the king.

A lighthouse situated 100m inland in Bath Terrace, Blyth.

The trig point sitting on top of Ros Castle (316m).

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

One of Blighty’s oldest wooden ship-lapped buildings. Fresh from a new coat of paint.

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

25 acres of plants from five continents. Also eye-catching art installations such as boots, bugs, and fungi.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

An amazing example of a Victorian designed viaduct spanning 260m over the South River Tyne.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

The trig point sitting in Night Fold Field in Alnmouth (48m).

A sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

Ruins of a 12th century priory on the Bolton Abbey estate.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

The trig point sitting on top of Hedgehope Hill (714m).

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

A delightful 12th-century church tucked away beside the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

A skeleton of a castle built by the Lowther family who have owned this estate since before the 11th century.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

This peninsula has several pleasing aspects such as a lighthouse, a cannon and the goddess Nike atop the war memorial.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

The Killingworth trig point (0m) within Killingworth Village.

A stunning church providing a backdrop for Durham Market Place and a lively place in which to worship.

Childhood home of Richard III, built in the 12th century

A 16th-century tower house in the town of Jedburgh, where it is believed that Mary stayed for a few weeks in 1566. The house is now a museum dedicated to Mary's life and times.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

An 18m tall Obelisk sitting 900m south of Seaton Delaval Hall.

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

This is the trig point for Penshaw Hill (136m) near Sunderland.

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

A 5.5 inch Howitzer Gun to celebrate Seaham's links to the Royal Artillery and coastal defence during WWII.

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Winshields trig point sits on Windshields Crags next to Hadrians Wall (345m) near Haltwhistle.

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.

34 pieces of enlarged micro marine life made from weathered Corten steel by Andrew McKeown at East Shore Village, Seaham.

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

A Grade II listed building in North Shields built in 1893-94 to provide accommodation for retired and needy seafarers and their wives.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A small five stone circle set in a beautiful location in Duddo Northumberland.

A museum containing collections from cultures and histories of northern Africa to Asia including more than 30,000 objects of art, textiles, ceramics, and manuscripts.

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

An 18th century shooting box built for Captain Wilson on the slopes of Roseberry Topping.

Artwork on a call of angel wings, balloons and an umbrella, set up ready for a selfie.

A 21 arch viaduct carrying the West Highland Line (and Hogwarts Express) over Loch Shiel.

Jail built on the site of the old Jedburgh Castle in the 1820s.

An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.